O23-34

ORDINANCE NO. O23-34 
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, EXTENDING 
AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY 
OF 
GLENDALE, 
MARICOPA 
COUNTY, 
STATE 
OF 
ARIZONA, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 9, 
CHAPTER 
4, 
SECTION 
9-471, 
ARIZONA 
REVISED 
STATUTES AND ITS AMENDMENTS, BY ANNEXING 
CERTAIN TERRITORY LOCATED ON NORTHERN AVENUE 
BETWEEN COTTON LANE AND ARIZONA STATE ROUTE 
303 IN THE CITY OF GLENDALE CONSISTING OF 3.19 
ACRES TO BE KNOWN AS ANNEXATION AREA NO. 248: 
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND ORDERING 
THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE IS 
RECORDED. 
 
 
WHEREAS, the City of Glendale and Maricopa County have entered into 
Intergovernmental Agreement C-64-22-100-X-00 (IGA) for the exchange of roadways; and 
 
WHEREAS, per the IGA, the City of Glendale is to annex portions of Northern Avenue 
right-of-way; and 
 
WHEREAS, A.R.S. § 9-471(O) provides a method for the annexation of county right-of-
way or roadway with no taxable real property included in the annexation area. 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows: 
 
 
SECTION 1. The corporate limits of the City of Glendale are extended and increased, 
pursuant to the provisions of Title 9, Chapter 4, Section 9-471, Arizona Revised Statues, by 
annexing certain territory to be known as “Annexation Area No. AN-248”, and legally described 
in Exhibit A attached to this ordinance. 
 
 
SECTION 2. A copy of this ordinance together with an accurate map of the territory 
annexed into the City of Glendale, attached as Exhibit A, shall be filed with the Maricopa 
County Board of Supervisors with a request that the Board of Supervisors set a hearing date as 
set forth in A.R.S. § 9-471(O). 
 
 
SECTION 3. This ordinance becomes effective at the time the Maricopa County Board of 
Supervisors orders the annexation and it is certified by the Clerk of the Board and the order is 
filed for record in the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office. 
 
 
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is accordingly instructed and authorized to forward a 
certified copy of this ordinance for recording to the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office.

PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of 
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 10th day of October, 2023. 
 
   
 
 
 
 
                                                 
Mayor Jerry P. Weiers 
ATTEST: 
 
                                                         
Julie K. Bower, City Clerk        (SEAL) 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
                                                        
Michael D. Bailey, City Attorney 
 
REVIEWED BY: 
 
                                                        
Kevin R. Phelps, City Manager

EXHIBIT  "A"
  LEGAL DESCRIPTION
FOR
ANNEXATION
NORTHERN AVENUE BETWEEN COTTON LANE AND STATE ROUTE 303 FREEWAY
A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN A PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST AND THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST
QUARTER SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER
MERIDIAN, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 36, FROM WHICH THE
SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 36, BEARS SOUTH 89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 26
SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2633.27 FEET;
THENCE UPON AND WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 36,
SOUTH 89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 55.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING;
THENCE DEPARTING SAID SOUTH LINE, NORTH 00 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 36 SECONDS EAST, A
DISTANCE OF 65.00 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF NORTHERN AVENUE;
THENCE UPON AND WITH SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE, SOUTH 89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 26
SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 688.00 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 32.00 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1278.12 FEET;
THENCE DEPARTING THE AFORESAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE, SOUTH 00 DEGREES 11
MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 33.00 FEET TO THE AFORESAID SOUTH LINE OF THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF  SECTION 36, ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE
ANNEXATION AREA NO. 227, RECORDED IN DOCUMENT 2021-1184069, RECORDS OF MARICOPA
COUNTY, ARIZONA;
THENCE UPON AND WITH THE SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 36
AND UPON AND WITH SAID NORTH LINE ANNEXATION AREA NO. 227, NORTH 89 DEGREES 48
MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1021.22 FEET;
THENCE DEPARTING SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, SOUTH 00
DEGREES 11 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 55.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF
WAY LINE OF NORTHERN AVENUE;
THENCE DEPARTING WEST LINE OF AFORESAID ANNEXATION AREA NO. 227 AND UPON AND
WITH THE SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE,  NORTH 89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 26 SECONDS

WEST, A DISTANCE OF 944.92 FEET TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE AFORESAID SOUTH
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF NORTHERN AVENUE AND THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COTTON
LANE;
THENCE DEPARTING SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINES, NORTH 00 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 48 SECONDS
EAST, A DISTANCE OF 55.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING A COMPUTED
AREA OF 138,874 SQUARE FEET OR 3.188 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.